Mona POV After the kids leave, I put my arms around Shane’s neck, pulling him down for a kiss. “That was quick thinking.” “I have no idea what you are talking about women.” I cocked an eyebrow at him. “You’re going to have me believe that you are that desperate for that recipe?” “Well duh it’s not like I’m some smart Alpha or anything that would know that the tension needed to be broken or something like that. Now am I?” He says sarcastically, rolling his eyes at me. Laughing, I pulled him down for another kiss. “I love you, you know that.” “How could you not? Look at all this.” He says as he pulls me in tighter. “Come on let’s get Heather home to her Grandmother.” I said, chuckling. I grabbed Shane’s hand and led him out the door. Shane stops just before we step into the hall. “I agree with the boys. I don’t want her to leave either.” He says with his voice filled with emotion. "Our boys are not the only ones that have grown attached to her quickly." I don't know what to mak
Heather POV They got up from the table, each giving me a kiss on the top of my head as they passed me, following Keegan out the far door. I sat down and started to eat the lunch that Reed had picked up. He’s usually the one that gets it for me. April gives me one of those what the hell looks. “Do you have any idea what that was about?” “No clue. Keegan stopped me outside my last class wanting to know if I was meeting up with the guys because he wanted to talk to them.” I had just swallowed that last bit of lunch when Reed picked me up and sat me down on his lap. “We were just informed that you have not been telling us everything that has been happening to you throughout the day.” I saw Keegan walk past our table on his way over to where the ranked wolves from Silver River sit. Lucas waved at him. “Thanks, man.” “No problem.” Keegan says, waving back. I shift myself on Reed’s lap so that I can see both of them. “What are you talking about?” “We are talking about the fact that So
Lyla POV Flashback continued The man extended his hand towards me to shake. “Thank you for agreeing to meet with us today, Mrs. Trench. I’m John Shaw. My wife will be joining us shortly. Please come have a seat.” He gestures towards the seating area that is in front of the fireplace. As I take a seat on the couch, the door opens again and in walks a woman. She is dressed in very simple plain clothes, jeans and a plain white tee that do nothing to hide her beauty. She sits beside me on the couch and grabs my hand, giving it a squeeze. “Hello Mrs. Trench. My name is Ingrid. I’m so happy that you agreed to meet with us today. I don’t know if my husband has told you yet about why we asked you to come?” “No, I had just arrived before you. We hadn’t started talking about anything yet. He did mention on the phone that it had something to do with our kids.” I said cautiously. “I don’t know if your daughter said anything to you about what happened this weekend.” She says. “I know she went
Lyla POV “There you are.” I was brought out of my thoughts by the sound of Gavin’s voice. “You looked like you were lost in thought.” “I was. I was remembering the first time I was in this building.” I said, putting my arm around his waist from the side. “You mean the first time we met? I have never forgotten that day.” He says as he turns, so he is facing me. “When I first saw you I thought you were the most beautiful woman I had ever laid eyes on since I had lost my mate. Then the Alpha told me, you were married and it broke my heart. I won’t lie, there were a few nights when I tried to think of accidents that could happen to your husband, but the thought of being the reason you were hurting didn’t sit well with me.” “Gavin, you never told me that. What made you wait so long after my husband passed away?” “I wanted to tell you the day after his funeral but I know that would not have been the time. Then I was scared, because I didn't know if you remembered me from that one time
Heather POV My eyes widen when I see Lucas standing in the doorway with so much anger on his face that I almost don’t recognize him. Reed removes his mouth from my breast, pulls my shirt down and sets me down on my feet before turning to look at his brother. Lucas was standing there clenching his fists. He takes a deep breath and growls out his question. “How long?” “What do you mean how long?” I asked, hoping I sounded calm. “How long have the two of you been running off…” He waved his hand at the two of us. “…to do this without me.” He is seething. The only emotion that is coming off of him is anger. I have never seen him like this. “Lucas, we have never done this before.” I pushed passed Reed and ran over to him. I hit him with so much force that he was knocked into the wall behind him. I reached up and cupped his cheeks to make him look at me. “This was not done to hurt you. We were not trying to hide from you. I feel some of the tension leave his body. His arm slides around m
Heather POV I straightened out my clothes but as I reached for the door handle I heard noises coming from the next level. I leaned over the railing to see what it was. Just as a head comes into view, I hear a moan followed by, “That’s right, just like that. Suck my cock. That feels so good.” That’s when I realized that the head I see in Quinn’s, but that’s not Meg. Meg is blond. Before I can back away from the railing, Quinn looks and makes eye contact with me. I started to head for the door when I heard Quinn yelling at whoever he is with. “That’s enough, stop. Get away from me.” “But I thought you were enjoying yourself and that maybe we could do more.” “More, what do you mean more? I just use you to fuck ever once and a while. That is all.” Quinn’s voice sounds so cold, but then he hasn’t really sounded or looked happy since his birthday party in the summer. Whatever happened that night between him and Meg messed both of them up. I heard the downstairs door slam. “Heather, I kno
Heather POV The men came out of the den a little while later. Quinn walked over to me, picked me up in a big hug and whispered to me. “Thank you.” He set me down and hugged his Mom. “Let’s go home Mom and I’ll tell you what’s going on.” Aaron came over to me and hugged me also. “You are something else. If you are mated to my nephews, you are already on your way to being a great Luna.” He chuckled at the look of confusion and surprise on my face as he backed away from me. “Thank you.” Aaron, Sage and Quinn said good-bye. I figured that Grandma and Gavin would be ready to leave also. Boy was I wrong. We spent the next two hours discussing everything that had happened since I had arrived at Twin Moon. To say Grandma was upset would be a bit of an understatement. Once Grandma had been filled in on things, Reed asked the question that had been on my mind for awhile. “Mrs. Trench, is there a possibility that you and Heather are decedents of the woman from the story?” “There is. Like I t
Heather POV I make sure the place is locked up. It sounds weird for the werewolf to be worried about leaving the doors and windows unlocked in the middle of nowhere, but hey, things happen. I head for the shower figuring I need to get the smell of Lucas and Reed off of me if I have any chance of having a peaceful night’s sleep. I turn on the water while it is warming up, I grab out a towel and brush my hair. I put my clothes in the hamper after removing them. The warm water feels good on my body. The tension that had settled into my muscles throughout the night started to ease up. As I slid my hand up over my breast, the feeling of Reed’s mouth on it came to mind. I got a very naughty idea in my head. I know I shouldn’t, but for some reason nothing my brain is coming up with is talking me out of it. “Reed, Lucas?” I linked them not enough to wake them if they are sleeping. I quickly get an answer from both of them. “Heather is something wrong?” asks Reed. “No, I was just wondering i
Heather POV The next day, Dr. Beal called me with the results of my visit. It looks like I’m going to be a Mom. I was nervous all last night and this morning. I was able to hold off the morning sickness until after Reed and Lucas left the room. I know they could pick up on my nervousness, so I’m not going to be able to keep it from them for too long. That is why I’m now pacing in front of the fireplace waiting for them to come back for the evening. I know a lot of people nowadays are doing cute little things to tell their partners that they’re pregnant, so I’ve been trying to think of a way to do it without having to do massive planning. I’m so lost in my thoughts that I jump when the door flies open and Reed and Lucas storm in. Reed walks right up to me, grabs my shoulders and spins me to face him. “Heather, what is going on? Your agitation has been driving the two of us crazy. Tell us what is going on.” Taking a deep breath, I stared at these two large gorgeous men. “OK, sit down.
Heather POV It has been a month since Reed, Lucas and I marked each other. The guys have graduated, and we have moved back to Twin Moon. The original plan was for the three of us to start learning the day-to-day operations of running the pack. Fine-tuning our knowledge, you could call it. Unfortunately, with Meg and April still missing, that has been put on hold. We are still waiting to hear from everyone overseas if there is any word about Meg. The visions have been happening more often but are not giving us any more information. April has been keeping in touch, but still won't come home or tell us what she is doing or who she is with. Reed and Lucas are planning on joining Mac and Quinn next week in the search. We need to get the two girls home. We have started doing some remodelling on a couple of the rooms on the second floor of the residential building. We are designing them into a small apartment for Mona and Shane. Mona insists that the three of us move into the Alpha apartme
Heather POV I looked down at my hands where they were resting on the guys’ hands. I moved my gaze up my arm and looked at both Reed and Lucas’ marks on their necks. It all seemed to be glowing. “That has got to be the most beautiful thing I have ever seen,” Rene says. “I think there is much for you and your mates to learn about... this,” Grandma says as she waves her finger around pointing at the three of us. “Yes, I say that they do,” Mona says, looking at us in wonder. “Not today, though Mom,” Reed says. “Today we just want to enjoy being together just like any other newly mated and marked wolves would. OK?” Lucas adds. Mona looks at her boys with so much love it sometimes hurts to see it and remember that it is the same way that my Mom used to look at me. “We are not going to even worry about it until you two have graduated and the three of you have moved back to Twin Moon.” She then moves her gaze to me and I see that same love there for me. “I want my daughter to have time t
Heather POV I woke up a few times to make love with my mates, and I did exactly what Lucas once told me that their mate would be able to do. I made love with one of them, then rolled across the bed to the other. I hate to say, even though we had been spending weekends together I was still worried about what they were going to think. But now there are no worries. The bond that I had formed with Reed and Lucas had always been strong and scary when we were younger. Being able to pick up on some of their feelings even when I shouldn’t have been able to, felt wrong, but now it’s even stronger than before and nowhere near half as scary if that makes any sense. The strength of it now... wow. The love that I feel pouring off of these two is something else. The only other love that was this strong was my parents. I spent a lazy morning in bed with my mates showing me many ways that they love me, then a long shower where they showed me some more. It was almost noon when we made our way up to
Lucas POV I woke to the sun shining through the small gap that was in the curtains. It was casting a glow across the face of the beautiful woman who was using my bicep as a pillow. I can see Reed’s mark because of the way that she is sleeping, but I know that mine, the mirror image, is just as prominent on her other side. I’ve never heard of markings like the ones we have. They are very unusual and beautiful. I have heard about when witches mark their partners, but it’s still different from this from what I understand. So I don’t know if it’s because Reed and I are twins. I don’t know if a double-mate mark is different from a single-mate mark. But I think that it has something to do with the fact that Heather is the first of her kind. This would also explain why Reed’s and mine are so different from others we’ve seen. I keep thinking of all the things that led us to this point. Heather has been through hell ever since she met me and Reed. The stuff with Keegan and finding out about h
Possible Trauma Triggers Keegan POV Carter had ended up having to sedate Sophie. The bastard had taken over her body and tried to convince the guards to open the door, then went on to demand it. Then, when begging and pleading to let her go and see her daughter didn’t work, he tried to use Sophie’s wolf’s claw to slit her wrist. The guard that had been assigned to watch her acted quickly, using the tranquillizer gun and sedating her before any real damage was done. I had a feeling that this bastard would consider Sophie expendable. After that, Carter decided that it was best to just sedate us in case next time the guard wasn’t able to react as quickly. I rolled over, reaching for my phone that I had set on the stool that was beside the bed. I feel the drowsiness of the drugs that are still in my system and a wave of dizziness hits me as I sit up. Glancing at the phone, I see it’s just before three in the morning. I was just about to stand when I was hit with an immense pain that sho
Heather POV Reed, Lucas and I started towards the cabin. I slowed, allowing the guys to get a little ahead of me. I wanted to talk to them about what they had been discussing earlier. It may not be common nowadays, but I do know that in our culture it is more accepted. I’m thinking that I would like to take Mona’s approach. If it happens, it happens. Reed and Lucas turn as they reach the door, noticing that I wasn’t right behind them. “Is everything OK M’eudail?” Reed asks before opening the door and holding it for me. I walked in and stood in the middle of the room. “Do you not want to do this? Because we will wait if that is what you want, Mo leannan.” Lucas adds. I smiled at them and shook my head. “No, I don’t want to wait.” They both walked towards me, taking my hands and holding them to their chests. “I heard what the two of you were talking about earlier in the clearing just after I shifted. I don’t want to worry about protection either. “Are you sure M’eudail?” Reed asks, k
Heather POV Slowly the pain reseeded and I could hear Indigo calling me. ‘Heather it’s over.’ I could smell... fire, wood smoke. It reminded me of the campfires that I used to have with my family where I would sit and drink mint hot chocolate. ‘Mates’ Indigo said quietly. ‘Was that the other scent I was picking up on from the guys?’ I asked her. ‘Yes, our mates’ scents. They smell...’ ‘Like home.’ I finished for her. I could feel tingles spreading from behind Indigo’s ear as Lucas sat with her head in his lap. “If Heather agrees, I don't want to worry about protection.” He suddenly says. I feel tingles along my neck as Reed runs his fingers through Indigo’s fur. “Are you sure?” He asks. “Because I was thinking the same thing.” I was just about to ask Indigo what she thought when she suddenly jumped up. I watched through Indigo’s eyes as Reed and Lucas stood and walked towards us. “Are you ready for a run, Beautiful, because we have two very impatient wolves who want to be with y
Reed POV While Mom and the rest of the women went to talk to Heather, Lucas and I stayed with Dad, Gavin, and Alpha Sean. I was nervous, I didn’t know if Heather’s shift was going to be the same as ours or different because of being a hybrid. I was pacing along the edge of the path that led to the clearing we were going to later. Then the question that Lucas asked about us being ready to be parents, was going through my mind too. Was I ready at twenty to be a Dad? Was Heather ready to be a Mom at eighteen? What happens if she’s not ready, and we forget, are we going to spend the rest of our lives together with her resenting us? I felt a hand land on my shoulder and I looked to see Dad staring at me with worry. “What is going around in that head of yours, you look like you’re about to spill your guts, and I don’t mean verbally.” I walked over and sat on the log at the side of the path. Letting out an exhausted sigh, I confided in Dad. “I'm scared that something is going to go wrong.”